Gory, Gory What a Hell of a Way to Die
Gory, Gory What a Hell of a Way to Die
<Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die
Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die
Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die
And he ain't gonna jump no more>
He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright
he checked all of his equipment and made sure his pack was tight
He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar
and he ain't gonna jump no more
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"Is everybody happy" cried the sergeant looking up
our hero boldly answered 'yes' and then they stood him up
he jumped into the icy blast, his static line unhooked
and he ain't gonna jump no more
<...>
He counted long, he counted loud, he felt an awful drop
He felt the wind, he felt the cold, he waited for the prop
the silk from his reserve spilled out and wrapped around his legs
and he ain't gonna jump no more
<...>
The riser swung around his neck, connectors cracked his dome
suspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones
the canopy became his shroud, he hurtled to the ground
and he ain't gonna jump no more
<...>
The days he'd lived and loved and laughed kept running through his mind
He thought about the girl back home the one he'd left behind
He thought about the medic core and wondered what they'd find
And he ain't gonna jump no more
<...>
The ambulence was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild
the medics jumped and screamed with glee, rolled up their sleeves and smiled
for it had been a week or more since last a chute had failed
and he ain't gonna jump no more
<...>
He hit the ground, the sound was splat, his blood went spurting high
His comrades were heard to say "a hell of a way to die"
He lay there rolling round in the welter of his gore
and he ain't gonna jump no more
<...>
[softly/slowly]
There was blood upon the risers, there was brains inside the chute
Intestines were a-dangling from his paratrooper suit
He was a mess, they picked him up and poured him from his boots
and he ain't gonna jump no more
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